Harry Finch, a pugnacious, squat left-hander, put the icing on a promising 2016 season with a century against the Pakistan tourists at Hove in an opening stand of 200-plus with Luke Wells. A second hundred - his first in first-class cricket - came against Leeds / Bradford UCCE earlier in the season. Finch made 17 appearances in all competitions for Sussex before his campaign was ended when he sustained a broken thumb and he was rewarded with a new two-year contract, only to break his thumb yet again playing club cricket in Australia. He was given ample opportunity to build on this promise in 2017, but managed only three half-centuries in 11 matches, a Championship-best 82 against Worcestershire representing his brightest moment.

Finch, who also bowls occasional right-arm medium-fast, hails from Hastings and began his Sussex career playing for the Under-13 team. He made his first-class debut in the final match of the 2013 season when Sussex overcame the County Champions Durham. He also won recognition from England Under-19s and was awarded his first professional contract for 2014.

Finch's appearances were restricted to a few goes in the shorter formats in 2014, but in his sole List A match against Glamorgan at Hove he made quite an impression, hammering 92 from 58 deliveries in a losing cause during a high-scoring game against Glamorgan.
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